1 Jesus and his disciples crossed Lake Galilee and came to shore near the town of Gerasa.
2 When he was getting out of the boat, a man with an evil spirit quickly ran to him
3 from the graveyard where he had been living. No one was able to tie the man up any more, not even with a chain.
4 He had often been put in chains and leg irons, but he broke the chains and smashed the leg irons. No one could control him.
5 Night and day he was in the graveyard or on the hills, yelling and cutting himself with stones.
6 When the man saw Jesus in the distance, he ran up to him and knelt down.